Four children from Sudan whose parents are believed to have been killed fighting for Islamic State in the Libyan city of Sirte last year were handed over to the Sudanese consul on Sunday to be taken to their country of citizenship. Sirte was a stronghold ...
Spain's maritime rescue service has saved more than 600 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Morocco in the past 24 hours, making it one of its busiest days so far this year. The service said it rescued 16 migrants early Thursday in the ...
The Libyan coast guard intercepted a humanitarian rescue ship in the Mediterranean on Tuesday, ordering it to sail to Tripoli or risk being targeted, a Reuters photographer aboard said. It was the latest in a series of incidents in which nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), operating on ...
The Italian government on Sunday welcomed Libya's decision to bar foreign vessels from a stretch of water off its coast, as two more international charities halted search and rescue operations in the area. The comments from Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano came as Save the ...
The Libyan navy on Thursday ordered foreign vessels to stay out of a coastal "search and rescue zone" for migrants headed for Europe, a measure it said targeted NGOs. Six years since a revolution that toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi, Libya has become a key ...
The commander of Libya's self-styled national army in the country's east on Wednesday ordered naval and aerial forces to confront any vessel entering the country's territorial waters without permission, after Italy began a naval mission to help stem a popular migration route at the ...
Italian coast guard authorities seized a migrant rescue boat operated by a German aid group in the Mediterranean suspected of aiding illegal immigration from Libya, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. Video showed the Iuventa, which is run by Jugend Rettet, arriving at the island of ...
The bodies of eight migrants have been found at sea off the coast of Libya by rescuers coming to the aid of four rubber dinghies, the Italian coast guard said Tuesday. Some 500 survivors were pulled to safety, the coast guard told AFP, illustrating the ...
Doctors Without Borders has refused to sign onto a new code of conduct drafted by Italy's Interior Ministry for nongovernmental organizations rescuing migrants at sea. The government drafted the code after allegations emerged that some NGOs were cooperating with migrant traffickers. Organizations were convened Monday ...
Italy intends to deploy several ships in Libyan waters by the end of August to combat human trafficking and stem a huge influx of immigrants, a government source said on Thursday. A mission plan should be brought to the Cabinet for approval on Friday, and ...
The Italian government on Tuesday threatened to shut humanitarian groups that operate migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean out of the country's ports if they do not sign a "code of conduct. Italy fears that the ships are making it too easy for smugglers to ...
Libya's coast guard in two separate operations on Monday rescued at least 278 migrants as they tried to reach Europe, naval officials said. In one operation, 150 migrants, mostly Africans, ran into trouble when their inflatable boat broke down and began sinking off the coast ...
